Legging



M. ROSENWASSER.

LEGGING.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 26. l9l6.

Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

ATTORNEY HIE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.. WASHINGTON, n. c.

MORRIS ROSENWASSER, OF ASTORIA, NEW YORK.

LEGG-ING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedAug. 12, 1919.

Application filed October 26, 1916. Serial No. 127,762.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, MORRIS RosnNwAssEn, residing at Astoria, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Leggings, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in leggings, and the object of the invention is to provide a legging which may be easily and properly connected to a wearers leg and which will maintain its proper fitted position at all times.

Another object is to provide a legging which may be attached to a wearers leg by winding portions thereof about the wearers leg and in which the several convolutions of the legging will be permanently held in their adjusted positions.

A further object is to provide a legging which is made up of a gaiter or lower portion and a suitable shaped strip of material connected thereto adapted to be wound about the wearers le in a plurality of convolutions, to provice, a post .upstanding from the gaiter portion having a plurality of supporting members formed thereon each adapted to engage one of the convolutions and to support the same againstaccidental movement out of proper adjusted position.

Other objects and'aims of the invention, more or less specific than those referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed out in the course of the following description of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of principles, constituting the invention, an the scope of protection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as a part of this specification, and in which I have shown a merely preferred form of embodiment of the invention:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a legging constructed in accordance with this inventlon.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view, partly in full, of the structure illustrated in .Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the legging showing the upper portion thereof unwound.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of the post, illustrating its construction and its k gaiter portion is manner of connection with the gaiter portioai', parts being shown in vertical section; an

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken upon the plane of line V-V of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings for a detailed description of the structure which is illustrated therein, the reference character L indicates the gaiter portion. This may be formed in any suitable manner common to gaiter construction, being provided with a stirrup 1 for extending beneath the wearers foot in the usual manner. Suitable fasten ing means, as the hooks and eyes 2 and the lace 3 may be provided for retaining the ends of the gaiter connected upon the wearers foot.

The reference character G indicates a post which is fixed to the gaiter portion and extends upwardly therefrom along the wearers leg. This post extends along one of the meeting edges of the gaiter portion and serves as a stifiening or reinforcing means for said edge and also serves to receive the eyes 2, or the like. It may be made up in any suitable manner but is preferably formed of a strip 4: of spring steel or other.

desirable material extending throughout its length and being covered by a casing 5 of heavy canvas or other appropriate material, usually the same as that from which the formed. The lower portion of this casing is formed in part by the gaiter portion, as illustrated, and the eyes 2 extend through apertures 6 formed through the metallic strip 4.

A series of pockets 7 is provided exteriorly of the post for receiving the several convolutions of the leg portion. of the device.

These pockets may be formed in any desired manner but are preferably formed from a single strip of strong tape looped upon itself to form the pockets and having portions conneoted to'the casing 5 at the proper inter' vals, as at 8. The upper end ofthe tape extends over the upper. end of the casing and over the upper end of the metallic strip 4 and serves to provide a smooth attractive finish at the upper end of the post.

'The reference character H indicates the leg portion of the legging. This is made up from a curved strip of appropriate material, usually the same as that from which the gaiter portion is made, and is attached by one end to the post, as at 9. The opposite end of the strip is tapered and appropriately curved, as at 10, for a purpose presently described.

In applying the device to a wearers leg, the wearer first attaches the gaiter portion in position in the usual manner and then winds the strip H about the leg, each convolution being threaded through one of the pockets 7, the first or lowermost convolution through the lowermost pocket and succeeding convolutions through succeeding pockets upwardly to the top of the post. After the strip has been passed through the uppermost pocket, the end 10 is brought around and threaded through and engaged with the buckle 11 which is carried by the upper end of the post, being preferably attached to the tape which forms the pockets closely adjacent the point where said tape is connected to the upper end of the post, as clearly indicated in the drawings. By this means it is disposed outside of the upper most convolution of th strip H in position to properly receive the end 10.

The engagement of the convolutions of the strip H within the pockets obviously serves to hold the convolutions in a definite position. The natural tendency of the convolution to work downwardly over the calf of the wearers leg is positively prevented.

The natural resiliency of the material of which the post is constructed permits it to accommodate itself readily to the shape and movement of the wearers leg.

It will be noted that the post is held in clamped engagement against the wearers leg when the strip H is wound in place about the post and that the post is thus held in proper vertical position to serve as means for attaching the end 10 of the strip. A slight movement is afforded the upper end of the post where the end 10 of the 'stripI-I is connected and this is desirable in that it prevents the presence of a tight band about the calf of the wearers leg.

As many changes could be made in this construction without departing from the scope of the following claims, it is intended that all matter contained in th above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A legging comprisin a strip of material adapted to be wounc about a wearers copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the leg, and means for engaging the several convolutions of the stripto hold said convolutions against accidental displacement with respect to each other, said means comprising in part means for fastening the upper end of the strip and including an incased continuous resilient member with its upper terminal positioned to have a limited movement to accommodate the movements of the leg of the wearer.

2. A legging comprising a strip of materialadapted to be wound about a wearers leg, and means for engaging the several convolutions of the strip to hold said convolutions against accidental displacement with respect to each other, said means comprising a part having a series of pockets formed therein through which the several convolutions of the strip are threaded and including an incased resilient member, said pocketequipped means being connected to the incasing means of said resilient member.

3. A legging comprising a strip of material adapted to be wound about a wearers leg, and means for engaging the several convolutions of the strip to hold said convolutions against accidental displacement with respect to each other, said means the wearers leg and having pockets formed thereon, through which the convolutions of the strip may be threaded, said post being incased, and of a resilient character, said pockets being secured to'the casing of said post.

4. A legging comprisin comprising a post arranged to extend longitudinally of a series of a strip of material adapted to bewoundfboutawearersleg,

and means for engaging the several convolutions of thestfip to hold said convolutions against accidental displacement with respect to each other, said means comprising a post adapted to extend longitudinally of the wearers leg and having a strip of tape fixed thereto to provide a series of pockets thereon through which the convolutions of the strip may be threaded, said post bein incased and resilient in character, said pocIret forming tape-strips being looped into pocketforming portions and secured to the casing of said resilient post.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MORRIS ROSENWASSER.

Washington, D. 0.

Commissioner of Patents, 

